"People never realize how much work impacts there self esteem and sense of purpose until they leave a job."
Rob Payne is a Canadian novelist.
"Its easy to be cynical; harder is remembering that on any given day the person beside you on the subway or taking to long to pay for a tub of yogurt at the supermarket could be going through something tremendous and sorrowful and arduous."
"In todays competitive business world, it is not enough to do your job well; no, to be truly effective, you have to develop skills and strategies for things youll never have to do, and situations that will never come up."
"You should try the margarita," she says. " Are they the best in town?" She shrugs. "I dont know. But I like them. They have two ounces of tequila in them and fuck you up big time."
"False hope is the bread - and - butter of my existence, the only thing that keeps me going."
"People might gain insight the longer they live, but things never get easy. There will always be challenges and miscommunications and the temptation to eat greasy, bowel clogging fried food, and take others for granted. The secret is to keep moving and try to see people yo love for what they are: flawed, beautiful and as confused as you."
"I wonder what the difference is between love and lust."